Colonial Worlds & New York — Chapter overview · U.S. & New York History: Indigenous Nations to Reconstruction, Grade 7
Five focused units, a three-session source workshop, chapter review, and chapter quiz.
Chapter question
How did geography, trade, government, and coerced labor shape different colonial experiences?
Units in this chapter
- Unit 2.1 · European Exploration: Motives, Navigation & Claims
I can explain what European sailors wanted and why the land routes stopped working.
- Unit 2.2 · The Three Colonial Regions: Economy, Geography & Variation
I can explain how growing season and soil pushed each region toward a different economy.
- Unit 2.3 · New Netherland, New York & Contested Land
I can explain why the Dutch came here and what they wanted.
- Unit 2.4 · Slavery, Indentured Service & Colonial Resistance
I can explain how indentured servitude differed from slavery, and how the two overlapped early on.
- Unit 2.5 · Colonial Government, Religion & Unequal Participation
I can describe how colonial assemblies worked and why London tolerated them.